https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/ https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/links.html https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/about.html https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/otheritems.html https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/gallery.html https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/news.html https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/show-at-schneider-museum https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/napaartwalk https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/best-of-show-interrogator https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/leaner-selected-for-eurekas-c https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/yellow-lightening-at-cloverdale-plaza https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/sculpture-in-the-garden https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/erics-sculpture-on-public-art https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/public-sculptures https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/pedestal-sculptures https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/wall-sculptures https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/small-sculptures https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/full-size-sculptures https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/process https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/friends https://images.on-this.website/13970_3489292344d2aa44f47a44.jpgFriends This work attempts to show the feeling I had as a small child when my dad would sit with one arm around me - comfort and security. Plasma cut and roller bent aluminum sheet. About 14 inches high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/double-u-2 https://images.on-this.website/13970_5918201514d3d12685c7df.jpgDouble U 2 Another view of this aluminum metal removal study. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/split https://images.on-this.website/13970_3990289074d2e91469757e.jpgSplit Flame cut steel scraps get a new life with brass, aluminum, and copper inlay. About 22" high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/the-feet https://images.on-this.website/13970_15165327314d327708014ba.jpgThe 'Feet' 'Feet' milled from aluminum connect the springy 6061 T6511 aluminum legs to an 80 pound black granite block. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo11457508.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_17135687574e24f975ebb33.jpgWind Dancer Wind Dancer is a gentle kinetic work. It is over 12 feet tall and moves gracefully in a breeze. Over 30 percent of the metal in this sculpture is recycled scrap. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/self-portrait-2008 https://images.on-this.website/13970_20854560074d2e90dbf05dc.jpgSelf Portrait 2008 A rusty old bearing found by the train tracks made me think of my 'motor mouth' and started this work. Bronze gears and a copper tongue on black granite make the face. Supported by a brass post on an alabaster base. 13" x 7" x 6". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/leaner-in-studio https://images.on-this.website/13970_19063362874d229d43a7e45.jpgLeaner in Studio Leaner's first photo, newly made from 3/8 inch mild steel and sporting a black streak patina. 6 feet tall. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/red-bird-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_1563899674db4cb5a06ca2.jpgRed Bird Detail A closer look at the angle bored negative space. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo8323684.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_20236085224d368520b0c08.jpgInterrogator detail Heat treating can give vibrant colors on polished steel. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/spaceport-totem https://images.on-this.website/13970_19224555774d294b83a9b5f.jpgSpaceport Totem A different view shows the base supports and quartz veining in the granite base. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/explanetary https://images.on-this.website/13970_21313797264d2a8ae230cfc.jpgExplanetary A hand hammered copper sun is the focus for 5 brass planets. A study in lathe work. About 8 by 12 inches. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/pas-de-deux-ii-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_13712172804d3263f36da18.jpgPas de Deux II detail The large ring is a section of an old bronze bearing for a 9 inch shaft. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/dancin-slim-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_2075953974d37cdc88e95c.jpgDancin' Slim detail The bronze head is created from two scrap elements. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/columbian-bronze https://images.on-this.website/13970_5525672034d32424c665e8.jpgColumbian Bronze An old boat's bronze steering gearbox cover is used for both the center of this work and as a press mold for the painted handmade paper surrounding it. 20 by 18 inches. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/leaner-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_20780996304d79a55ef2f16.jpgLeaner detail A ring of high silicon bronze accentuates the negative head space. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/saguaro-in-studio https://images.on-this.website/13970_19175820714d26a8c5483b4.jpgSaguaro in studio Joins are created by machining slots, fitting, and welding. The rough cut edges are patinated. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/saturns-return-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_4643770374d37cd8ba2ccc.jpgSaturn's Return detail Saturn's rings are part of an old bronze bearing. A brass rod and textured ball bearing complete the pendulum weight. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/platform-9-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_3943600044d32496a93429.jpgPlatform 9 detail Strolling on the black granite square, we ignore all others. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/blade-ii https://images.on-this.website/13970_14263373694d38882769344.jpgBlade II An angled line of copper inlay and an angle cut hole. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/bull-box-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_9274925134d3d120f8167f.jpgBull Box detail One end of Bull box. Milled and blackened round grooves and inlaid copper add interest to the irregular aluminum quadrilateral. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/one-way-rocket-in-a https://images.on-this.website/13970_2820828454d425369e46e6.jpgOne Way Rocket in a gallery One Way Rocket takes a common sign's clear directional meaning into the realm of ambiguity. Nine feet tall. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/one-way-rocket-in-park https://images.on-this.website/13970_2178569474d2be8e39806d.jpgOne Way Rocket in park One Way Rocket in its intended setting. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/twelve-facets-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_3698888434d2be787a863b.jpgTwelve Facets detail The dark glue between laminates shows as contours on the curved surfaces. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo8323680.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_12041484204d3684ebef9c3.jpgInterrogator The interrogator tortures bright heat colored ball bearings into blackened husks. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo8208692.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_16892329114d29494149fe2.jpgSpaceport Totem What would a totem pole in a spaceport look like? This artist's rendition is in 5052 aluminum with copper, brass and bronze elements. Over 6 feet tall with a black granite base. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/bivariate-copper-inlay https://images.on-this.website/13970_4019074264d2aa8a599d06.jpgBivariate (copper inlay) A black patina has been applied to the surface-melt texture and topped with an inlaid copper strip. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/reversal https://images.on-this.website/13970_20123162154d3d0f27eb76e.jpgReversal A bent steel rod with bronze machined elements springs from a stainless base. About 38 inches high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo8336808.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_18654722024d38880c8a290.jpgBlade II The publicity image for a 2010 solo show, this solid aluminum element was mill cut with an angled hole. 14" x 8" x 6" https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/bivariate-join https://images.on-this.website/13970_12514448964d2aa889ae925.jpgBivariate (join) The joins between the two towers are custom double ended brass bolts. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/garden-dancer https://images.on-this.website/13970_18203723414d6d84d562389.jpgGarden Dancer Garden Dancer is designed to gently move in a breeze while standing on one foot in a garden. Height is 8 feet and 7 inches with a width of over 5 feet. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo8225316.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_7935764054d2aa463c899d.jpgFriends The smaller figure has been cut from the larger one leaving the negative space under the 'arm'. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/sculpture-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_20912799034d327652b3192.jpgSculpture detail The bronze ring and a stainless ball are used for 'heads' on this abstraction of two dancing figures. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/self-portrait-2008-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_18711649194d2e90f99eb3f.jpgSelf Portrait 2008 detail A hammered copper tongue sticks out from the heavily pockmarked, but working, bearing. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/wind-dancer-head https://images.on-this.website/13970_12658252704e24f72ed466f.jpgWind Dancer (head) Wind Dancer's head is created from a scrap 13" bronze cage from a large industrial ball bearing. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/rocket-man https://images.on-this.website/13970_1888016774d2e8511ec054.jpgRocket Man This child's fantasy was started while listening to Elton John's "Rocket Man". Just the right size for a small child to look through. 34" x 19" x 8". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/guardian-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_1079288334d229e474f8c5.jpgGuardian detail "You are what you eat." Our aluminum guard's torso is filled with aluminum metal chips (i.e., swarf). https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/guardian https://images.on-this.website/13970_4040417544d229ebb17761.jpgGuardian Designed to be placed in a home's entryway - a guardian of the palace. Made entirely of recycled materials. About 6 feet tall. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/scala https://images.on-this.website/13970_524870224d3266a4570c3.jpgScala Scala is a wind driven aluminum spring work. A breeze will gently sway this blackened aluminum and bronze helix. About 7 feet tall. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/starburst-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_1316225604d3d153999f2d.jpgStarburst Detail From the two inlaid copper discs emanate intersecting ripples. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/lathe-work https://images.on-this.website/13970_6145139284d3274dfb9cac.jpgLathe Work Taper facing a ring made from an old industrial bearing on the lathe. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/princess-vase-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_16444304094d2a90cfd9bab.jpgPrincess Vase detail Corner detail showing copper inlay and the quadratic curve formed by an angled rotational cut on the milling machine. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/pas-de-deux-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_16342286264d2be9705799f.jpgPas de Deux detail One head is a stainless steel gazing ball, the other is a section from a 9 inch bronze industrial bearing. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/wind-arcs-join https://images.on-this.website/13970_15102523854e24fece2ed70.jpgWind Arcs (join) Wind Arcs sections are separated by custom machined aluminum standoffs and held together by stainless steel bolts. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/rocket-man-port https://images.on-this.website/13970_20025789284d2e855c377a8.jpgRocket Man (port) The gun port has a bronze cannon with a brass deflector shield behind it. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/cut-cube https://images.on-this.website/13970_2301421474d6d9d0f503d9.jpgCut Cube An aluminum cube is cut with intersecting deep "U"s. All 6 faces have copper inlays. The cube is about 3 inches on each edge. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/explanetary-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_8321960124d2a8ae56a54b.jpgExplanetary detail A sinister (left hand) threaded rod, but no bolt. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/piecewise-continuity-vane https://images.on-this.website/13970_20850323134d6d827ead574.jpgPiecewise Continuity vane The yellow 4 section vane weighs only 14 ounces. A counterweight (partially visible) can be adjusted for balance and stability. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo8265798.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_17704975944d2e85be83d7a.jpgScala detail Looking down into the helix. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/hanging-moon-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_20004112674d2937ecc0a0b.jpgHanging Moon detail Texture and patina - hand texture on the copper support and machined texture for the steel base. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/machined-ring https://images.on-this.website/13970_3922275754d32756ba24ff.jpgMachined Ring The ring is now finished with the machining process. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/joe https://images.on-this.website/13970_20546381014d2e86e7164f9.jpgJoe Joe was a model built to evaluate this form before I started the desired 12 foot high figure. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/dancin-slim https://images.on-this.website/13970_15376374944d37cdabc04b2.jpgDancin' Slim Stainless steel and bronze. Another wind driven kinetic work. About 6 feet tall. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/sail-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_533425814d2beb506ba36.jpgSail Detail Patinated machining markings in the copper base. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/flirtation-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_3148642074d2a9cc04e0af.jpgFlirtation detail The threaded brass weight has been angle milled. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/vortex-base-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_17593960104d2aa1e65b7d4.jpgVortex base detail The hammered aluminum vortex is bolted to a blackened (patina) tool steel post on a hammered copper base. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/fog-bank https://images.on-this.website/13970_11210906934d2be7b2e9613.jpgFog Bank Recycled. Hammered aluminum sheet forms the fog bank towering over a brass ball from a scrapped fireplace andiron. The base is a scrap from a granite counter. About 22 inches high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/furled-base-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_15684795594d2a99d8238b7.jpgFurled base detail Blackened lathe cut grooves in the base ring. A patined base rectangle of steel has the signature copper inlay. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/reaching-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_6028982474d3d1187a0dab.jpgReaching detail Central element detail. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/interrogator https://images.on-this.website/13970_11338901274d3685002bfd6.jpgInterrogator This controversial piece looks at the question: Have some government agency interrogation techniques become torture? Aluminum, steel, and ball bearings. 4" x 16" x 8". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/tomahawk-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_1400997214d293de3d1e4f.jpgTomahawk detail The natural snowflake obsidian was not modified, just mounted in the aluminum handle. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/last-leaf-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_4986082594d2e9129d1594.jpgLast Leaf detail An old bronze thrust bearing frames the leaf. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/split-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_11373142984d2e915b10442.jpgSplit detail Metal textures - natural, flame cut, hammered, and machined. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/v-arm-iv-texture https://images.on-this.website/13970_11732299894d2e91a763ef8.jpgV Arm IV texture Texture detail on a brass spacer. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/3-orbits https://images.on-this.website/13970_6065075514d2e85e619afa.jpg3 Orbits Yet another spring-arm kinetic piece. Aluminum, bronze, and river rock. About 6 feet tall. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/fountain-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_1166803444d2e84eb864c1.jpgFountain detail Texture detail on the fountain's copper center. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo8287160.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_6012431544d3263dfef342.jpgPas de Deux II detail The bronze neck and head parts are all found elements. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo8265802.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_12032583894d2e85fe3de94.jpg3 Orbits detail An river rock planet is surrounded by three bronze orbit rings. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo8377160.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_19695760154d3d0e51c0bbb.jpgSister Moon detail The moon is not blue cheese, but rather offset lengths of bronze and stainless steel rods. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/columbian-bronze-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_20526860024d2952c83d79c.jpgColumbian Bronze detail https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/triangle-heart-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_20401150064d2952cfb40e8.jpgTriangle Heart detail The black patina brings out the texture fields. The finish is a hard synthetic wax. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/maquette-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_17278531764d2e8720c5bfa.jpgMaquette detail Machining marks show well after patina is applied. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/spike https://images.on-this.website/13970_1440927264d2a9a8b6f48c.jpgSpike Made as a trophy for the 2008 Humboldt County Waste Management Authority's Waste Reduction Award. Machined from scrap bronze and aluminum. About 12 inches high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/pas-de-deux https://images.on-this.website/13970_5195194224d2be95977356.jpgPas de Deux Dancing natural in nature. With a mild breeze these figures will gently sway and bob. Over 6 feet tall. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/sister-moon-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_5157456414d3d0e6837acf.jpgSister Moon detail The bright yellow-gold bronze rods will weather to a dark brown patina. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/pas-de-deux-ii https://images.on-this.website/13970_17993722024d3263c5bdad1.jpgPas de Deux II Dancing minimalist figures. With a gentle push this pair will dance for 20 minutes. 7 feet and 4 inches tall. This second Pas De Deux was commissioned for a tall entryway. The first one may be seen in the Public Sculpture gallery of this website. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/sail https://images.on-this.website/13970_8003572124d2beb3533159.jpgSail Machined aluminum with a translucent acrylic coating on a machined copper base. 8" x 2" x 3". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/rewired-face https://images.on-this.website/13970_20586156724d2a9ee526dad.jpgRewired (face) The bronze wedge face had copper inlaid 'eyes' and round groves milled at arithmetically increasing radii. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/mask-iv https://images.on-this.website/13970_13459765054d2952cbdf7b8.jpgMask IV Made at the same time as Mask V (previous image). About 5 by 10 inches. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo8208560.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_17011901224d293e53a30c9.jpgTomahawk detail A blackened tool steel element secures the tomahawk to a black granite base. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/parenthetical-join https://images.on-this.website/13970_10693281154d6d93fe7669c.jpgParenthetical join Aluminum rods connect the two parentheses. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/spike-head https://images.on-this.website/13970_15429856014d2a9ab0e9530.jpgSpike (head) This bronze rod had seen heavy use as a drift punch, now it sits in the aluminum block in any of the three through-holes. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/scala-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_136709904d2e85ac71e61.jpgScala detail Each bronze rod is fastened to the aluminum spring with stainless steel nuts. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/attitude-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_13428827104d2a8b2916e21.jpgAttitude detail These two 60 degree points are set so the cone edges are parallel. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/attitude https://images.on-this.website/13970_20324800654d2a8b253880e.jpgAttitude Attitude - good or bad? Sharp tool steel points are arrayed on an inward folded steel circle. Black streak patina on mild steel, tool steel, o-rings, and aluminum base. About 24 inches high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/caged-ball https://images.on-this.website/13970_16148502424d32420278871.jpgCaged Ball Wall pieces don't always need to be rectangular. A blue colored ball bearing is caged behind copper screen and hammer formed nickle sheet. Non concentric copper arc inlays complete the picture. About 8 by 12 inches. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/pentagon-prison https://images.on-this.website/13970_19264403094d3d122f73953.jpgPentagon Prison Military prisons in eastern Europe holding terrorist suspects? Rumors, innuendo, myth or fact? No answers are found in this maquette, just heat treated ball bearings. Steel, stainless, brass. Approximately 3" x 3" x 3". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/v-arm-iv https://images.on-this.website/13970_1636469114d2e917ccb293.jpgV Arm IV Five aluminum arms rotate on precision bronze bearings. High intensity neodymium magnets create repulsive magnetic interactions between the arms. The arms do not touch, but the magnetic field transfer rotational energy between arms. About 24 inches high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/american-corkscrew https://images.on-this.website/13970_6444491654d3241cd9d455.jpgAmerican Corkscrew French wines, New Zealand wines, wines from Chile,... - all opened with corkscrews from China. I thought it was time for an American corkscrew in recycled metals. About 36" by 24". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo11457512.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_16212017764e24fd10da8a8.jpgWind Arcs Wind Arcs 15 foot high body is created from three arcs of roll bent springy 3/4" aluminum (6061 T6511). The vane is made from high tensile strength 5052 aluminum sheet and is over 11 feet long. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/finished-sculpture https://images.on-this.website/13970_20528716434d3277dabb837.jpgFinished Sculpture The finished sculpture stands 7 feet 8 inches tall. With a gentle push, the spring aluminum bodies will dance with each other for 15 to 20 minutes. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/vortex https://images.on-this.website/13970_1384140434d2aa1d075359.jpgVortex At the center of the whirlwind is the vortex. Hammered aluminum, blackened steel, and copper. 18" x 4" x 4". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/furled https://images.on-this.website/13970_19137207884d2a99b550caa.jpgFurled The roll of this aluminum sheet is an abstraction of the rolling and bunching of a furled foresail on a boat. The outside of the sail is bright and the inside is textured and patinated. Around 34 inches tall. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/3-orbits-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_18486756734d2e8612accf7.jpg3 Orbits detail Natural texture for the rock, and artist created texture for the bronze. I think the rock wins the character competition. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/fog-bank-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_1235603104d2be7ca5403c.jpgFog Bank detail A scrap of mild steel is milled into a fog bank support with a copper inlay. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/rewired-brain https://images.on-this.website/13970_8745908474d2a9f1ac4fcc.jpgRewired (brain?) Inside the 'head' are stainless screws and enameled copper wire. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/american-corkscrew-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_7745784204d3241e7c7e73.jpgAmerican Corkscrew detail Aluminum, brass, and bronze with hand and machine textures. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/mannequin https://images.on-this.website/13970_15404848104d4398421c2d5.jpgMannequin This design evolved while on an extended camping trip in the California Sierra Nevada mountains. Out in nature, the idea of dressed up inert human figures in store windows seemed ludicrous. Why not just an abstract slope-shouldered framework of aluminum rods? About 6 feet tall. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/twelve-facets https://images.on-this.website/13970_21427796674d2be768a3e05.jpgTwelve Facets Twelve surfaces, but only two of them planar. Laminated Baltic birch plywood was sawn and bored to this shape. Birch with a bronze support rod on a black granite base. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/monument-maquette https://images.on-this.website/13970_18497122804d2e870127bed.jpgMonument Maquette Another evaluation model. Designed to be 20 to 40 feet tall. Aluminum, copper, steel. 14" x 5" x 4". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/yellow-lightning-vane https://images.on-this.website/13970_9374967534d6d8a862970e.jpgYellow Lightning vane Yellow Lightning's moving vane is over 8 feet 6 inches long. Engineered as a stressed triangular 'box' structure of 5052 aluminum, it provides great strength and keeps the vane's weight below 3 pounds. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/bivariate https://images.on-this.website/13970_16213516714d2aa864251e9.jpgBivariate Bivariate was created with thoughts of the twin towers. Made from plasma cut 6061 aluminum, it is designed for indoors display. 65 inches tall https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/bushing-seating https://images.on-this.website/13970_284513194d93ed933abc8.jpgBushing Seating Using a 2 ton arbor press, the artist is setting a bronze bearing into the welded lower pivot assembly. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/wind-arcs https://images.on-this.website/13970_16587220344e24fe485e1c1.jpgWind Arcs Wind Arcs vane will rotate a full 360 degrees about its tilted axis. In the gentlest of breezes, it moves with studied grace. In a gale, it swivels with vigor. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/parenthetical https://images.on-this.website/13970_15418393414d6d93576f9fe.jpgParenthetical Parenthetical's two major elements are both curved and twisted - somewhat like a parenthetical injection falling crookedly into a conversation. All aluminum on a black granite base. 7 feet 7 inches high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/yellow-lightning https://images.on-this.website/13970_9794132334d6d89b1922cb.jpgYellow Lightning Yellow Lightning is a wind driven kinetic work. All aluminum and stainless steel construction allows the sculpture (without base) to weigh only 72 pounds with a total height of 15 feet. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/saturns-return https://images.on-this.website/13970_18329302694d37cd6b8a533.jpgSaturn's Return This inverted pendulum uses an aluminum spring-arm for its kinetic energy. It will stay in motion for 15 minutes when given a gentle push. A 30 pound black granite base keeps things stable. 67" x 26" x 9". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/mask-v https://images.on-this.website/13970_2702095714d32426beda4d.jpgMask V Halloween thoughts behind these masks. Hammered aluminum and copper. Mask V and Mask IV (next image) each started as identical rectangles of aluminum with three holes each, but were moved quite differently by the impact process. About 5 by 10 inches. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/rocket-man-badge https://images.on-this.website/13970_13304452594d2e853b52e50.jpgRocket Man (badge) Rocket men wear uniforms with badges - ours is hammer textured brass. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/suguaro-copper-inlay https://images.on-this.website/13970_6557400884d26a909899e6.jpgSuguaro (copper inlay) Copper inlay set in a machined half-round groove. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/starburst https://images.on-this.website/13970_2565083614d3d14a6c8e14.jpgStarburst Aluminum and bronze rods 'burst' out from a machined aluminum center. In the background are copper, bronze, and brass elements. About 40 inches across. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/bull-box https://images.on-this.website/13970_19632090304d3d11f8b8421.jpgBull Box Bull Box with its bronze horns and heat-treat color steel balls is designed as a small desktop jewel box. Aluminum, brass, bronze steel, and copper inlay. 7" x 11" x 4". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/garden-dancer-side https://images.on-this.website/13970_8392708034d6d8561ddb4c.jpgGarden Dancer side Garden Dancer's physical expression of joy is contagious - a free spirit in motion. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/cut-cube-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_4665382084d6d9dcadfd69.jpgCut Cube detail The hand textured copper base reflects in the milled copper and aluminum of the cube. Total height of this work is just under 6 inches. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/garden-dancer-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_11954250864d6d85ace1ee2.jpgGarden Dancer detail Garden Dancer's 'head' is created from a section of a large scrap industrial bronze bearing. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/hanging-moon https://images.on-this.website/13970_3913231444d2937508c18d.jpgHanging Moon The aluminum moon swings gently over an inlaid copper line, hanging from angled copper and aluminum supports. About 20 inches high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/last-leaf https://images.on-this.website/13970_13776222444d2e911577153.jpgLast Leaf The last leaf in the world? - definitely a museum piece. A mix of scrap metal elements showpiece the varnished Liquid Amber leaf. 18" x 10" x 10". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/spaceport-totem-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_1425204994d294974b3a13.jpgSpaceport Totem detail Two aluminum sheets with the same radii nest together. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/reversal-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_15724632804d3d10a8c9451.jpgReversal detail The crowning ball bearing has a natural heat treatment color. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/red-lightning-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_1363490794d324331011b4.jpgRed Lightning detail Various swirl textures were worked into the stainless before applying paint. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/sister-moon https://images.on-this.website/13970_11203103234d3d0e3536ace.jpgSister Moon The moon is an arc of stainless steel supported by a roller-bent stainless tube. About 7 feet tall. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/red-feather https://images.on-this.website/13970_3722511654d2beb1b2201c.jpgRed Feather A study in machine milled textures. The aluminum feather is painted in translucent red acrylic and fixed on a copper base. About 8 inches high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/wind-dancer https://images.on-this.website/13970_6182957114e24f9ddbfe5b.jpgWind Dancer Wind Dancer viewed from a different angle. It is on a temporary base. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/princess-vase https://images.on-this.website/13970_2402622744d2a914800ba7.jpgPrincess Vase A visual response to Maurice Ravel's solo piano piece "Pavane for a Dead Princess". Bronze, aluminum, copper inlay on a blackened steel base. About 13 inches high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/leaner-in-garden https://images.on-this.website/13970_15808511464d79a4e3c678b.jpgLeaner in Garden After a couple of years in the garden, Leaner has settled into a comfortable reddish orange patina. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/triangle-heart https://images.on-this.website/13970_10925408834d32428cc00ea.jpgTriangle Heart A hammer formed copper heart is fastened to an aluminum triangle with 17 high tensile screws. As hearts have a way of wandering off somewhere, I wanted to really "nail" this one down. About 12 by 12 inches https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/rewired https://images.on-this.website/13970_52839714d2a9efcc6dbd.jpgRewired A figurative study from scrap materials. A metal mixture. 22" x 10" x 7". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/yellow-lightning-head-bearing https://images.on-this.website/13970_5439801184d6d8b24c82a6.jpgYellow Lightning head bearing The head bearing is precision machined from 6061 T6511 aluminum and 304L stainless steel. Shielded internal stainless steel ball bearings will keep Yellow Lightning moving smoothly for years. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/piecewise-continuity https://images.on-this.website/13970_18183687264d6d821b0ce11.jpgPiecewise Continuity Piecewise Continuity is a wind driven kinetic work. The yellow vane is over 6 feet long and moves gently in a zephyr, but swings rapidly with almost random arcs in a stiff breeze. Height is 8 feet 6 inches at the rotational bearing and over 11 feet at the top of the vane. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/portal-7-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_7363146054d32492d7799f.jpgPortal 7 detail An aluminum cube with one vertex milled off becomes a seven faced polyhedron (heptahedron). The resulting triangular surface has an inlaid copper disk at its center. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/helical-tower https://images.on-this.website/13970_12053445624d2e8358b20c3.jpgHelical Tower An aluminum tower with a double helix inside. Cutouts and a removable clear acrylic top allow one to see the copper and brass helices. About 12 inches tall on a bronze base. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/babe-bores-a-hole https://images.on-this.website/13970_12411755564d93ee36500d8.jpgBabe Bores a Hole Babe, the artist's big blue milling machine, bores out the pivot shaft aperture in the sculpture body. This is the point where the pivot assembly will fasten to the sculpture body. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/one-way-rocket-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_12031875624d2be8fda3c6d.jpgOne Way Rocket detail Holed and wrapped around an angled support tube, One Way Rocket is no longer an ordinary street sign. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo8265806.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_2758263074d2e86d4013be.jpgJoe Hammered and welded copper maquette (scale model) with brass neck, steel head and steel base. 12" x 8" x 6". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/saguaro-in-park https://images.on-this.website/13970_5941839184d26a8e212a32.jpgSaguaro in park This started as a design for an angular abstract, but the shearing process warped the one-half inch aluminum plate, so it became a saguaro. 62" x 18' x 6". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/artery https://images.on-this.website/13970_9829926624d32410fde644.jpgArtery A hand hammered aluminum frame surrounds a textured stainless steel sheet with one red acrylic line. About 22 inches high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/reaching https://images.on-this.website/13970_3304865964d3d116d2bf9e.jpgReaching Hammered aluminum and brass arms frame a textured steel ball. 100% recycled materials: aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, and steel. About 24 inches tall. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/mannequin-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_17153505994d43988335789.jpgMannequin detail Painted acrylic balls provide 6 disjoint "heads". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/tomahawk https://images.on-this.website/13970_975971474d293de983b51.jpgTomahawk Natural tools meet the machine age. The snowflake obsidian tomahawk head is set in an aluminum shaft with brass and copper inlays. About 16" x 14" x 6". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/portal-7 https://images.on-this.website/13970_11672099714d3249158013e.jpgPortal 7 An aluminum study. There are 4 inlaid copper rings and an inlaid copper disk on this machined showpiece. 18" x 18" x 18". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/flirtation https://images.on-this.website/13970_2823167224d2a9c9b54fa6.jpgFlirtation Magnetic attraction pivot piece. Patinated aluminum base, tool steel vertical supports, brass arms and weights, nickle plated neodymium magnets. 4" x 18" x 5". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/finished-ring https://images.on-this.website/13970_18561215884d3275da936e4.jpgFinished Ring Patinated and installed on the Pas de Deux II sculpture. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/red-lightning https://images.on-this.website/13970_12280896824d32431bcfb86.jpgRed Lightning A study in stainless steel and translucent acrylic paint. About 22 inches high. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/interrogator-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_1194081174d368533701aa.jpgInterrogator detail Too much heat and pressure has created these black scaled and rusting ball bearings. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/helical-tower-top-view https://images.on-this.website/13970_13280693484d2e8370f33ba.jpgHelical Tower, top view The window is framed with recycled bronze friction plates. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo8377186.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_13298953364d3d1254ab40a.jpgDouble U 2 Another machining study. This time it started with a solid aluminum bar. Lathe and milling work produced the shape after a copper band was inlaid. About 8" x 4" x 4". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/v-arm-iv-copper-inlay https://images.on-this.website/13970_18154135824d2e91c088c57.jpgV Arm IV (copper inlay base) The scrap steel base has been patinated to emphasize texture. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/pivot-assembly-elements https://images.on-this.website/13970_4306378824d93ecb2d1185.jpgPivot Assembly Elements These machined parts (plus a stainless shaft) will be the pivot for a 11 foot long wind arm on a 21 foot high kinetic sculpture. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/slouch-copper-inlay https://images.on-this.website/13970_12572073554d26a89972000.jpgSlouch (copper inlay) The only ornamentation for this stark piece is a bit of copper inlay in the "neck" - a necktie perhaps? https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/boring-detail https://images.on-this.website/13970_4488575724d93ee7ea295e.jpgBoring Detail A closer view of the bore, complete with chatter marks from a rapid cut. The countersunk holes are where the pivot assembly base plate (previous image) will bolt to this arm at 15 feet above the base. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/photo11457514.html https://images.on-this.website/13970_10127614324e24fd9f5e37a.jpgWind Arcs Wind Arcs total weight is just 120 pounds. A temporary base structure was used for this photo shoot. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/platform-9 https://images.on-this.website/13970_20938063184d32495031b77.jpgPlatform 9 A train station platform. This one is from a dreamworld of circular stairs and metal people on granite platforms. Mixed metals and acrylic paint. 15" x 12" x 9". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/red-bird https://images.on-this.website/13970_9882754484db4cad8ac905.jpgRed Bird A study in milled texture and angle hole boring. Aluminum and copper with translucent acrylic paint. 12" x 5" x 4". https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/fountain https://images.on-this.website/13970_13336299534d2e84d42bc78.jpgFountain A dry fountain with aluminum rods substituting for water. Aluminum, copper, brass, and acrylic balls. Around 7 feet tall. https://www.ericfurmansculpture.com/slouch https://images.on-this.website/13970_15090396884d26a87034832.jpgSlouch Slouch is a stainless steel bobble head. Male teenagers I have known furnished the inspiration for this project. Very thin and almost 6 feet tall.